Google Forums API Documentation

This parameter is used for the terms you want to search on Google Forums. Queries can include operators and advanced filters like "machine learning models", site:, inurl:, intitle:, AND, or OR.

The default parameter desktop defines the search on a desktop device. The mobile parameter defines the search on a mobile device. The tablet parameter defines the search on a tablet device.

This parameter is used to specify the canonical location of the search. For exact targeting or to see all available options, check out the Locations API. If multiple locations match your input, the most popular one will be selected.
For example - location=New York would select New York,United States or location=London would select London TV Region,England,United Kingdom.

This parameter sets the exact Google-encoded location for the search, and uule and location cannot be used at the same time. SearchApi builds it for you when you use the location parameter, but you can provide your own if you want precise control.

The default parameter google.com defines the Google domain of the search. Check the full list of supported Google google_domain domains.

The default parameter us defines the country of the search. Check the full list of supported Google gl countries.

The default parameter en defines the interface language of the search. Check the full list of supported Google hl languages.

The lr parameter restricts search results to documents written in a particular language or a set of languages. The accepted format for this parameter is lang_{2-letter country code}. For instance, to filter documents written in Japanese, the value should be set to lang_jp. To incorporate multiple languages, a value like lang_it|lang_de restricts the search to documents written in either Italian or German. Google identifies the document language based on the top-level domain (TLD) of the document's URL, any language meta tags present, or the language utilized within the document's body text. Check the full list of supported Google lr languages.

The cr parameter restricts search results to documents originating in a particular country. Google determines the country of a document by the top-level domain (TLD) of the document's URL or by Web server's IP address geographic location. Check the full list of supported Google cr countries.

The verbatim parameter controls whether the search results are returned in the exact order of the query. By default, the value is false. To return the results in the exact order of the query, set the value to true.

This parameter controls whether results from queries that have been auto-corrected for spelling errors are included. To exclude these auto-corrected results, set the value to 1. By default, the value is 0, meaning auto-corrected results are included.

This parameter controls whether the "Duplicate Content" and "Host Crowding" filters are enabled. Set the value to 1 to enable these filters, which is the default setting. To disable these filters, set the value to 0.

This parameter toggles the SafeSearch feature for the results. SafeSearch operates by filtering out adult content from your search results. Google's filters use proprietary technology to check keywords, phrases and URLs. While no filters are 100 percent accurate, SafeSearch will remove the overwhelming majority of adult content from your search results. Set the value to active to enable SafeSearch. To disable it, set the value to off. By default, SafeSearch is disabled.

This parameter restricts results to URLs based on date. Supported values are:

• last_hour - data from the past hour.
• last_day - data from the past 24 hours.
• last_week - data from the past week.
• last_month - data from the past month.
• last_year - data from the past year.
• Using time_period_min or time_period_max parameters, you can specify a custom time period.

This parameter specifies the start of the time period. It could be used in combination with the time_period_max parameter. The value should be in the format MM/DD/YYYY.

This parameter specifies the end of the time period. It could be used in combination with the time_period_min parameter. The value should be in the format MM/DD/YYYY.

This parameter indicates which page of results to return. By default, it is set to 1. Use in combination with the num parameter to implement pagination.

Parameter defines an engine that will be used to retrieve real-time data. It must be set to google_forums.

The api_key authenticates your requests. Use it as a query parameter (https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY) or in the Authorization header (Bearer YOUR_API_KEY).

Set this parameter to true to disable all logging and persistent storage. No request parameters, HTML, or JSON responses are stored or logged. Suitable for high-compliance use cases. Debugging and support may be limited while enabled.